On the evening of December 26, Beijing time, the 19th round of the Chinese Super League Championship Group ended a focus battle, Shanghai Harbor against Shenzhen. In the first half, Liu Zhurun opened the record for the Harbor team, then Achimpen helped Shenzhen team equalize, and in the second half, Li Shenyuan and Oscar jointly scored to help Shanghai Harbor win 3-1 and defeat Shenzhen in two legs.
After being forced to draw 0-0 by Guangzhou in the last round, Shanghai Haigang accumulated 35 points, continued to rank third, and was 10 points behind the leader Shandong Taishan, completely hopeless to win the championship. With the first foreign aid Oscar in the Chinese Super League and the first high salary, as well as the other two major foreign aides of Mui and Paulinho, Shanghai Harbor can't win the Chinese Super League championship, and it really shouldn't be.
Now after shanghai harbor has no hope of competing for the championship, it will compete with Guangzhou for runner-up, with only 4 rounds of league games left, and both teams have a chance. This round of Shanghai Harbor against Shenzhen, the latter with 29 points ranked fifth, three points away from the top four.
In terms of starting, Shanghai Harbor continued the three foreign aides of Oscar, Muyi and Paulinho, while Lu Wenjun and Liu Zhurun sat in the front line, and the Shenzhen team was also the three major foreign aides, and Quintero, Kaldek and Achim Peng jointly started.
In the opening 8th minute, Li Shenyuan sent a cross from the right side without interference, and the young player Liu Zhurun scored with a header to help Shanghai Harbor take a 1-0 lead. This goal made Liu Zhurun, 20 years old and 81 days old, the youngest Chinese Super League goal scorer in the history of Harbor.
In the 17th minute, the Shanghai Harbor backline was pierced, Kaldek scored, Achim Peng burst into the box with the ball and shot from a small angle, penetrating Yan Junling's small goal into the net, helping Shenzhen team equalize 1-1.
At the end of the first half, the score was temporarily 1-1 draw, the two teams attacked and defended each other, Shanghai Harbor had the advantage of possession, and Shenzhen was not passive.
In the second half, Oscar took the ball outside the penalty area and sent a wonderful pass, Li Shenyuan inserted into the box to poke the goal, helping Shanghai Harbor to win 2-1.
In the 66th minute, Paulinho was tripped in a row in the penalty area, referee Zhang Lei did not say it at the first time, and then changed the penalty after confirmation by VAR, and in the 69th minute, Oscar scored a penalty to help Shanghai Harbor expand the score 3-1.
In the end, Shanghai Harbor maintained a 3-1 score until the end of the game, coupled with a 3-1 victory on December 13, a two-legged double-win against Shenzhen. After the victory, Shanghai Harbor scored 38 points, temporarily surpassing Guangzhou to rise to the second place in the standings, 7 points away from the leader Shandong Taishan.